A couple of years ago, I purchased a poured ingot of W2 from MS Ray Rybar. Ray has had W2 and 1095 made at a foundry and sells the ingots. The W2 worked great and another smith who had used some of Ray's 1095 told me how wonderful it was to work with. So, I called Ray and asked if he had any more.
I now own a 22.8 pound ingot of 1095
Tested analysis: C: 1.11, MN: 0.30, Si: 0.26, P: 0.011, S: 0.006, Cr: 0.05, O: 0.014, N: 0.007, Fe: Remainder
I will probably get around to forging a chunk of this after Thanksgiving.
Joshua States
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“So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.â€
Looks good for Hamons.
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I'm at a loss for words.
Karl B. Andersen
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Very interesting.
That's a lot of knives. Have fun cutting it up.
Gilbert
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That's a lot of knives. Have fun cutting it up.
Gilbert
This will likely be cut into quarters and forged separately. The first ingot, of W2, weighed 20.2 pounds. I cut it into thirds and that was a little too much to deal with at one time.
Here is the original W2 ingot from 2016.
After considerable forging at welding temps and cleaning the popcorn off the edge, I made a portion of that third into a 30 inch long bar.
Here is a cut through the section of that bar.
This was made into a variety of blades. Most of them kitchen knives, although there was a Nordic style Seax and a Bowie as well.
Joshua States
www.dosgatosforge.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg
https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71
Also on Instagram and Facebook as J.States Bladesmith
“So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.â€
